How Covid Changed Science, part 3

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🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the third and final part of our series How Covid Changed Science, Devi Sridhar Professor of Global Health at Edinburgh University looks at the legacy and lessons of the pandemic for scientific research. Tackling the virus became a global issue, but many have pointed out the inequality of both resources and effort in the response. Going forward do we need to be directing research more towards improving health and disease surveillance in less wealthy parts of the world, would investing there help prevent future pandemics?

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.6	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.1	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
0:19.5	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.
0:24.9	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.2	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:35.8	What's up y'all, I'm Renee Montgomery and my podcast Untold Legends Aura is available now.
0:42.1	I'm looking back on the life of one of the most extraordinary black female sport stars
0:47.2	of the 20th century whose name has been all but forgotten.
0:51.6	Aura Washington.
0:53.5	Stay listening at the end of this podcast to find out more.
0:59.6	There have been anywhere between 10 and 12 epidemic or pandemic viruses in the 21st century,
1:14.8	which means they're occurring every couple of years.
1:17.6	Starting with West Nile virus in the Americas, which emerged in 1999 but really didn't start
1:23.6	spreading much until 2000, then SARS, then pandemic flu, and then Zika, and then chicken
1:30.7	gunia virus, which was occurring in the backdrop of all this.
1:33.7	And then we have three pandemic ways of norovars that occurred in the 21st century.
1:39.9	Then you have SARS, MERS, and COVID-19, and several Ebola outbreaks.
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